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Regiochemistry of the metal-halogen exchange induced cyclization of ω-iodoepoxides

MP Cooke, IN Houpis

Index: Cooke, Manning P.; Houpis, Ioannis N. Tetrahedron Letters, 1985 , vol. 26, # 31 p. 3643 - 3646

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Abstract

Abstract The regiochemistry of the cyclization reations of some ω-lithioepoxides as a function of chain length and substitution pattern has been examined. Striking changes in regiochemistry have been observed in the presence of certain Lewis acids and metal halides.